Who's more valuable, rest of season
Jacob Lopez.
He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and wins. Kumar Rocker’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.
Head-to-head
◀
K
◀
ERA
WHIP
▶
◀
W
SV n/a
Jacob Lopez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Kumar Rocker wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.
04
Under the hood
Underlying skill — each value vs league avgFastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
90.6
Kumar Rocker
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
8.5%
Kumar Rocker
12.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
16.3%
Kumar Rocker
20.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Lopez
24.6%
Kumar Rocker
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
30.9%
Kumar Rocker
42.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
4.4%
Kumar Rocker
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Lopez
.312
Kumar Rocker
.330
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05
The tape
Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Jacob Lopez
2.268.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.75
4.05
Kumar Rocker
2.268.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
4.42
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Lopez
1.112.05
now 1.84
1.57
Kumar Rocker
1.112.05
now 1.32
1.37
Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
4057.60
now 38
52
Kumar Rocker
4057.60
now 44
49
Winshigher is better
Jacob Lopez
.0009.40
now 4
3–7
Kumar Rocker
.0009.40
now 2
1–3
SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJacob Lopez — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
SellKumar Rocker — sell.conf 0.70